EPR Registration Waste Tyres

Tyre manufacturers and importers are required to register under the Extended Producer Responsibility framework for waste tyres under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management) Rules' tyre-specific EPR provisions, ensuring a prescribed share of tyres sold are collected and processed (recycled/retreaded) at end of life.

Waste tyre EPR targets aim to reduce illegal tyre burning (a significant air pollution source) by channelling end-of-life tyres into regulated recycling routes like pyrolysis, retreading, and crumb-rubber production.

Waste tyres present a distinct compliance challenge compared to other EPR categories because a meaningful share of end-of-life tyres historically moved through informal, unregulated channels — including open burning for pyrolysis oil extraction, a significant and hard-to-monitor source of air pollution. The tyre EPR framework channels this volume toward CPCB-registered recyclers and processors operating approved pyrolysis, retreading, or crumb-rubber facilities, with EPR Certificates evidencing that a producer's obligated volume has actually reached one of these regulated routes.

Because tyre categories (passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle, two-wheeler, off-road/industrial) carry different average lifespans and recycling economics, target calculation is generally structured by tyre category and segment rather than as a single blended obligation across a manufacturer's or importer's full product range.